PDF malware analysis — malicious · 297491ca2f72ee16

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 08:29:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11

MD5: f886f729be7d89388f5ce0dfecd542d4 SHA-1: 131118b1c2b4b9d11bdc7cf527bccbe7c12eb8c8 SHA-256: 297491ca2f72ee16fc7bd4565caf4916a74adc14a9aa261a5e56ded7f5248653

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or SEO spamming operation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM

PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM

Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
External URI info PDF_URI

PDF contains an external URL action
Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL

The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c91d19da6---18973275386.pdf In PDF document text
- https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98f3963b432f5f49f65b19cf29edd3bf/778078451.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe9af836d7685bf9a6db242a170e21f/59954859319.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://debden.org/userfiles/file/jagidobebuneruxoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/jenutivalezalogepikato.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7719e5c0a1183a7c437432f57285855c/mifaweropo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://thedreams.cz/files/vigisokomo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://sy-tech.eu/file/1695557198.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d093d144344---vijijigunakuxikoxojo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa79e6e8735486359a9282d6c3f93320/vajutiwogoluxiko.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://renovator.cz/files/file/47809698592.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d16bb0a214---kajanoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a51845451---tarivebofebiradel.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ic62u5upbj43n8vuflssj9v04/firiworitepo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7248aed994dacc52cd860cb1c9486366/13379833799.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://gurolmumcu.com/userfiles/file/bazunejizurakokuneno.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b15fe6d960---7637883447.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/728fb572d1aa2e61dc7c1a4f5531c400/24346117618.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/tuvegizivudogagobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/lafaliwekuju.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/piroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0f9cb9727---posotosa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/39989505153.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/93051209890.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqi1rdh2e4cm9vpsh66m60n7vk/fodukokenabutemesa.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/88206460018.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=mathematics+vision+project+module+5+answer+keyPDF link annotation
- http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off00018235.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18235	11496 bytes
SHA-256: `da9196814ece09ce76f131e37af10f49bdbbba61a4d2ef237f7593ab92972255`
`font_01_sfnt_off00019d51.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19D51	18276 bytes
SHA-256: `8af430835d345a8266339ea216ad87b00541958ac1156e860af939b89cfa51ea`
`font_02_sfnt_off0001cd8d.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CD8D	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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